For all of the years that I have watched UA-cam hands-down you have the best tutorial videos I’ve seen. The way you explain things that are not only accurate, but easy to understand. I truly hope that you prosper and keep on making these fantastic and insightful videos. Thank you and good luck.
I have to say this is one of the best MIDI / studio deep dives I've ever watched. Now if I can just figure out his MODX+8 I'll feel like an accomplished hobbyist. Well done, Sir. 🎹🎼🎶
Thanks, really appreciate that 🙂 PS. If you figure out your MODX8+, I’ve got a video on my channel on how I use an FCB1010 midi pedalboard with mine to control loads of stuff like scenes, arpeggiators and the superknob to name a few 🙂
@@9crutnacker985 Thanks for that, and yes tbh hadn’t really looked into them before, but someone else mentioned them as well and so been starting to look into them a bit 🙂
6:55 As an alternative to the Behringer mixer you could use a Tascam Model 12 in the DAWless set up, which also records to SD card and it has MIDI so it can be linked to the Akai MPC One. Excellently explained, you keep it simple and that works a treat for many of us.
Good morning, watching your videos has me pumped up to redo my setup. My question....I'm running logic pro on my ipad connected to mpc live ii and midi keyboard. My issue is I have a kurzweil k2000 which doesn't have usb and I'm trying to add it to my setup to sync via midi to the mpc. How do I go about this. I have all the audio routed to my mackie pro fx10v3. Help a old school guy out. I come from a analog background trying to go hybrid. By the way...best information yet I have found YT
Hi, I'm assuming the MIDI keyboard runs to one of the MIDI ins on the MPC2 ?. I can see that the MPC has 2 MIDI Ins and 2 MIDI Outs, so I would have thought you could run the MIDI Out of the k2000 to the other MIDI In on the MPC and then corresponding MIDI Out on the MPC to the MIDI In on the k2000. This would allow 2 way communication between the MPC and the k2000, so that you could use it to play 'into' the MPC, but also have the MPC send its clock signal out the k2000. I'm also assuming here the MPC is connected to the laptop from its USB port. In a DAW environment you can run the audio from the mixer to an audio interface and into Logic via USB. If you want to record the MIDI data (e.g. notes played etc), you'll be able to record the MPC as the USB will send and receive the MIDI data, but for your k2000 you'd need something like a midi usb host box, for example a DOREMiDi UMhH-10 USB MIDI Host. A box like that takes the old MIDI cables and converts them into USB for connecting to a computer. This though would take away the connection between the k2000 and the MPC. Best option therefore might be a MIDI interface, where you can connect the MIDI from the MIDI Keyboard, the MIDI in and out from the MPC and the MIDI in and out from the k2000. All of these would then send MIDI data over a single USB from the Midi Interface to a computer/DAW, but you can also program the routing in the midi interface itself as to what sends its signals where, so that the MPC can send clock out to the k2000 etc. There are tons of options out there, all depends on exactly what you're trying to connect to what and how you want them to all work. Hope that helps. Cheers, Graeme.
At 10:07 you mention not being able to separate them. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean but with my hybrid set up I can set the audio in channels and record the different instruments simultaneously and they’ll each have their own track. Am I misunderstanding the meaning of that section of the video? Is there an advantage to having both mixer and audio interface?
@@NOSlGNAL Hi - yeah, it depends on what sort of mixer you have I suppose and probably should have been a little clearer. With a simple analog mixer you just get the stereo out mix of everything connected to it and so can only send it to one audio track in your DAW or you can record the instruments one at a time to separate audio tracks. With an audio interface you get separate channels in your DAW. Some analog mixers do offer multiple channel outs as do digital mixers 🙂
If you want to record separate audio tracks out to a DAW you need a mixer with enough separate outputs, connected to an audio interface with enough separate inputs. For example my mixer has loads of inputs but everything is summed to one stereo output, so I can only record the total audio not separate tracks. Tbh though the best bet I think though would be a digital mixer with a built in audio interface. The Tascam Model 12 is probably what would go for. It has 10 inputs - 6 mono (that could be used as 3 stereo pairs) and 2 dedicated stereo pairs. As it is also an audio interface you can connect it direct to a PC/DAW and not need the separate audio interface as you would with an analogue mixer (one less bit of kit on stage!) and....in the DAW all the inputs will show up as separate outputs, so you could record 6 mono and 2 stereo tracks simultaneously but have them all on separate audio tracks in the DAW. The other bonus is that it doesn't actually need a DAW to be involved at all, as it has its own 12 track recorder built in recording wav.files to an SD card. I don't really know all the ins and out of it, but I would assume if recording live you could just record everything to the SD card and then transfer it to the DAW later on if wanted for mixing/mastering (or indeed could do it all on the Tascam itself !), which potentially means you wouldn't need the PC/DAW running on stage either. Dependent on requirement there is also a Model 16 with 14 inputs (8 Mono inputs and 3 Stereo pairs) or a Model 24 with 22 inputs (12 Mono and 5 stereo pairs). Prices are roughly £500 / £750 / £1000 for each model. Hope that helps. Cheers :-)
Thank you again for this great video. I have a first very simple question to ask: With a mixer that has inserts plug ins for external effects, is there any need for a patchbay ?
Hi there tbh never used a patchbay nor currently use any external effects. But the way I understand it is the ‘effect send’ is sent from the mixer to the external effect and then that returned to the ‘effect returns’ on the mixer - you can then access that effect on any channel on the mixer by turning up the effects knob on the relevant channel. So essentially, no, you wouldn’t need a patchbay - but obviously depends on exactly what you’re wanting to do/achieve. Hope that helps. Cheers 🙂
@@splootyvision Dear Master Splooty, Again, one more short question; I needed more inputs to my Steinberg audio interface, so I got two cheap mixers Moukey, one with 8 inputs, the other with 6, since they were out of stock for 8. Whatever, the question is do you think those damage sound quality and I should get a true mixer Yamaha, Zoom, Mackie, Behringer with incorporated audio interface, and get rid of my Steinberg interface, my 2 Moukey line mixers and my patchbay and plenty of redundant cabling ? I'm turning around that question for months. Thank you so much for all your precious advices. Cheers, Alain
@ Hi - I don’t think the Moukey mixer should effect the sound much, only thing they might do is introduce a bit more noise when you crank the volumes (but reading a few reviews most people say the units are pretty quiet on that front). On the other thing, really depends on how much you want to spend and if you feel it’s worth it for your set up. In terms of the mixer/interface combo, tbh if you got a cheaper mixer with lots of inputs it would most likely still only have one stereo out - so not gaining much over your current set up (apart from everything in one place). However if you went for a mixer/interface with outputs for each input then there are major advantages that each input can be output on its own channel for recording/mixing later. There’s numerous options depending on how much want to spend. Full on mixers with separate input/outputs per channel would be things like Tascam Model 24 or Zoom L-20 which run to about £800-£1000. Or you could ditch the mixer completely and just go for an interface with all the inputs you need. I just purchased an Audient EVO16 with an SP8, which gives me 16 inputs. (I’ve got 5 stereo synths going in on 10 inputs along with 2 mono synths and two mics going to another 4 inputs). Again fairly pricey at around £750. The EVO 16 can be expanded with 2 x SP8s giving 24 inputs. A cheaper option might be say a Behringer UMC1820 (8 inputs) with a Behringer ADA8200 ADAT box, giving another 8 inputs. Hope that helps. Cheers, Graeme
@@splootyvision Hello ! Thank you very very much for your precious explanation. The bottom line: I would feel better with one thing instead of those connected devices plus redundant cables, I have this patchbay only to incorporate one external effects device, which is frustrating and somehow ridiculous, since it adds so many redundant cables. So, for sure, as a general rule, I love to simplify, but is it worth $900 ? That's the question I've been asking myself for a couple of years. Your answer about the sound quality is very precious and surprisingly reassuring about those Moukey line mixers. It confirms my impression; sounds OK to me but so incredibly cheap, or does it mean the others are abusively expensive ? Indeed, the question is do I want to spend $900 to have a cleaner set up. And you perfectly summarized it. I am not such a great musician who needs top notch devices. I also need to further learn the devices I already have. Behringer 2600 is not easy, Alesis SR18 seems to me cumbersome, if you want to build your own patterns. Above all, my ears are not top notch; I got a cochlear implant on the left and an hearing aid on the right, without all this embarked high tech, I am technically 100% deaf... Unlikely that a nice mixer would make my music much better. Maybe it would be more fun to put this money in small Behringer units I' m attracted to, like the Solina string ensemble, Crave, Pro-800, Toro, etc Nice little toys, easy to satisfy my Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Or a nice little Moog, they really sound great, even my little Werkstatt. A Moog Sub Phatty is same price than a Zoom mixer. And at the age of 65 maybe it's time to get some Moog stuff, they do really sound so good. Thanks to you, I have now all the data I need to think about it. Thank you again, Master Splooty. Cheers. Have a great week end, my dear friend and teacher. Alain Post Scriptum: I'm just curious, I noticed something about the output power, is it me or does the Behringer devices have a lower output level than the Bass Station 2 and the highest output comes even from this tiny Moog ? Does it make sense? Post Scriptum 2 : I only use my DAW for recording, so I'm not so much computer dependent, and aren't devices like Akai MPC etc...small music dedicated computers, so what's the difference when you use s computer exclusively dedicated to your music recording? And if you record on SD and want to send your recording you still need a computer. So I'm not DAWless I am minimally DAW. BTW, Garage Band on IPad is incredibly fun and so user friendly, Cubase should learn from it, I will incorporate my IPad to my setting.
Question : How does MIDI merger "knows" which clock is primary ? Context : I have 3 synth connected to a Thru box with only 1 input. I have Korg Keystage as midi controller and novation circuit rythmn as my groove box. If I route Novation output into Keystage input, I can control the clock no issue. But the Keystage midi out still Output the "internal" value of the clock to the ThruBox. What I ended up doing is to use the midi output of the keystage into the Input of Thrubox and connect everything into the box.. Which is sad because I wanted to use both Keystage and Circuit as piano+sequencer. With that in mind : it seems I should be able to get a Midi Merger, connect the midi output of both keystage and circuit rythmn. Connect the output of Merge into Thru. But I fear my hardware will fight over which clock to use. If I route the input of Keystage and Novation in the merge into the 1 input of the Thru box. Wont they fight over the clock ?
@@ABuriedSynth Hi - Yes they’ll fight over the clock. But….there is a solution 🙂 As far as I can tell there is no way of turning off the clock being transmitted from the Keystage, so what you need is a Merge box with MIDI Filtering and..such a thing exists in something like the CME U6Midi Pro. It’s a 3 in 3 out box that can do merge and thru but most importantly can filter out MIDI messages such as clock or start/stop messages - all of which is programmed using a free software application that comes with the box (once programmed it doesn’t need to be hooked to a computer). So you could connect the Novation and the Korg from their outs to the Ins on the box, then program it to merge them and filter out the clock messages from the Korg so they don’t get passed any further. Then connect the 3 other synths to the outs of the CME box (programmed as Thru ports) and they will only receive the clock from the Novation as the Korg has effectively been blocked (but note data etc from the Korg will still pass through). If you got more synths in the future you could then connect your existing thru box to one of the outs on your CME box thus extending your ‘thru’ capability. The CME box is about £40/$50. Hope that helps, cheers 🙂
Great info. In your diagram at ua-cam.com/video/N39VZT6Dx9U/v-deo.html, where's the OUT connection from the audio interface to the IN on the mixer? For example, if you play your guitar, the signal routes to the audio interface, but can't get to the speakers. Am I missing something?
@@billlacey4737 Hi - the audio interface output doesn’t go to the mixer input, the mixer output goes to the audio interface input. The guitar and mic also then go direct to the audio interface input. The main outputs on the back of the interface then give a summed output of everything on the front of the interface (the synths from the mixer, the mic and the guitar) and is sent to my studio monitors or PA speakers (think the next slide). The Desktop speakers shown on the diagram I think you’re referring to are actually connected to the ‘tape out’ on the mixer so I can hear my record player that is connected to the ‘tape in’. I go into a lot more detail on this in my Dark Art of Audio and USB video, which might clarify things a bit hopefully 🙂 (It’s a bit of an elaborate set up, but it all works !)
For all of the years that I have watched UA-cam hands-down you have the best tutorial videos I’ve seen. The way you explain things that are not only accurate, but easy to understand. I truly hope that you prosper and keep on making these fantastic and insightful videos. Thank you and good luck.
@@frontline2010 Thank you for the kind comments, really appreciate it…..and yes, got plans for many more videos to come 🙂
Big Facts.
I have to say this is one of the best MIDI / studio deep dives I've ever watched. Now if I can just figure out his MODX+8 I'll feel like an accomplished hobbyist. Well done, Sir. 🎹🎼🎶
Thanks, really appreciate that 🙂 PS. If you figure out your MODX8+, I’ve got a video on my channel on how I use an FCB1010 midi pedalboard with mine to control loads of stuff like scenes, arpeggiators and the superknob to name a few 🙂
Dawless recording, you didn't mention recorder / mixers like Tascams or the Zoom R16 or R24. Useful video, thanks.
@@9crutnacker985 Thanks for that, and yes tbh hadn’t really looked into them before, but someone else mentioned them as well and so been starting to look into them a bit 🙂
6:55 As an alternative to the Behringer mixer you could use a Tascam Model 12 in the DAWless set up, which also records to SD card and it has MIDI so it can be linked to the Akai MPC One. Excellently explained, you keep it simple and that works a treat for many of us.
@@apislapis completely! i got a tascam dp008 records to sd too
Thank you very much for this setup overview along with your insights.
GREAT Teacher!!!!!.... Thanks for This!! 🍺
Great video, thank you
Awesome! Screw the computer! I got my Tasca dp008 8 track digital rec/mastering unit! Your the best dude!
I only use my DAW for recording, so I'm not so much computer dependent, and aren't devices like Akai MPC etc...small music dedicated computers?
@alainszyller615 ya i PLAY my instruments lol. i go into my beloved TASCAM DP008 i fuckin love that thing!
Good morning, watching your videos has me pumped up to redo my setup. My question....I'm running logic pro on my ipad connected to mpc live ii and midi keyboard. My issue is I have a kurzweil k2000 which doesn't have usb and I'm trying to add it to my setup to sync via midi to the mpc. How do I go about this. I have all the audio routed to my mackie pro fx10v3. Help a old school guy out. I come from a analog background trying to go hybrid. By the way...best information yet I have found YT
Hi, I'm assuming the MIDI keyboard runs to one of the MIDI ins on the MPC2 ?. I can see that the MPC has 2 MIDI Ins and 2 MIDI Outs, so I would have thought you could run the MIDI Out of the k2000 to the other MIDI In on the MPC and then corresponding MIDI Out on the MPC to the MIDI In on the k2000. This would allow 2 way communication between the MPC and the k2000, so that you could use it to play 'into' the MPC, but also have the MPC send its clock signal out the k2000. I'm also assuming here the MPC is connected to the laptop from its USB port.
In a DAW environment you can run the audio from the mixer to an audio interface and into Logic via USB. If you want to record the MIDI data (e.g. notes played etc), you'll be able to record the MPC as the USB will send and receive the MIDI data, but for your k2000 you'd need something like a midi usb host box, for example a DOREMiDi UMhH-10 USB MIDI Host. A box like that takes the old MIDI cables and converts them into USB for connecting to a computer. This though would take away the connection between the k2000 and the MPC. Best option therefore might be a MIDI interface, where you can connect the MIDI from the MIDI Keyboard, the MIDI in and out from the MPC and the MIDI in and out from the k2000. All of these would then send MIDI data over a single USB from the Midi Interface to a computer/DAW, but you can also program the routing in the midi interface itself as to what sends its signals where, so that the MPC can send clock out to the k2000 etc. There are tons of options out there, all depends on exactly what you're trying to connect to what and how you want them to all work. Hope that helps. Cheers, Graeme.
Thank you Splooty....I appreciate your response and help. Im going to try that out tomorrow. I will follow up on how it turned out.@splootyvision
At 10:07 you mention not being able to separate them. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean but with my hybrid set up I can set the audio in channels and record the different instruments simultaneously and they’ll each have their own track. Am I misunderstanding the meaning of that section of the video? Is there an advantage to having both mixer and audio interface?
@@NOSlGNAL Hi - yeah, it depends on what sort of mixer you have I suppose and probably should have been a little clearer. With a simple analog mixer you just get the stereo out mix of everything connected to it and so can only send it to one audio track in your DAW or you can record the instruments one at a time to separate audio tracks. With an audio interface you get separate channels in your DAW. Some analog mixers do offer multiple channel outs as do digital mixers 🙂
@@splootyvision awesome, thanks for the reply!
What kind of mixer would I need if I want to record each track separately during live performance, please? Assuming I’m recording to DAW
If you want to record separate audio tracks out to a DAW you need a mixer with enough separate outputs, connected to an audio interface with enough separate inputs. For example my mixer has loads of inputs but everything is summed to one stereo output, so I can only record the total audio not separate tracks.
Tbh though the best bet I think though would be a digital mixer with a built in audio interface. The Tascam Model 12 is probably what would go for. It has 10 inputs - 6 mono (that could be used as 3 stereo pairs) and 2 dedicated stereo pairs.
As it is also an audio interface you can connect it direct to a PC/DAW and not need the separate audio interface as you would with an analogue mixer (one less bit of kit on stage!) and....in the DAW all the inputs will show up as separate outputs, so you could record 6 mono and 2 stereo tracks simultaneously but have them all on separate audio tracks in the DAW.
The other bonus is that it doesn't actually need a DAW to be involved at all, as it has its own 12 track recorder built in recording wav.files to an SD card. I don't really know all the ins and out of it, but I would assume if recording live you could just record everything to the SD card and then transfer it to the DAW later on if wanted for mixing/mastering (or indeed could do it all on the Tascam itself !), which potentially means you wouldn't need the PC/DAW running on stage either.
Dependent on requirement there is also a Model 16 with 14 inputs (8 Mono inputs and 3 Stereo pairs) or a Model 24 with 22 inputs (12 Mono and 5 stereo pairs). Prices are roughly £500 / £750 / £1000 for each model.
Hope that helps. Cheers :-)
Thank you again for this great video.
I have a first very simple question to ask:
With a mixer that has inserts plug ins for external effects, is there any need for a patchbay ?
Hi there tbh never used a patchbay nor currently use any external effects. But the way I understand it is the ‘effect send’ is sent from the mixer to the external effect and then that returned to the ‘effect returns’ on the mixer - you can then access that effect on any channel on the mixer by turning up the effects knob on the relevant channel. So essentially, no, you wouldn’t need a patchbay - but obviously depends on exactly what you’re wanting to do/achieve. Hope that helps. Cheers 🙂
@@splootyvision Yes, that helps a lot, thank you again so much, Master Splooty !
Cheers!🙂
@@splootyvision
Dear Master Splooty,
Again, one more short question;
I needed more inputs to my Steinberg audio interface, so I got two cheap mixers Moukey, one with 8 inputs, the other with 6, since they were out of stock for 8.
Whatever, the question is do you think those damage sound quality and I should get a true mixer Yamaha, Zoom, Mackie, Behringer with incorporated audio interface, and get rid of my Steinberg interface, my 2 Moukey line mixers and my patchbay and plenty of redundant cabling ?
I'm turning around that question for months.
Thank you so much for all your precious advices.
Cheers,
Alain
@ Hi - I don’t think the Moukey mixer should effect the sound much, only thing they might do is introduce a bit more noise when you crank the volumes (but reading a few reviews most people say the units are pretty quiet on that front). On the other thing, really depends on how much you want to spend and if you feel it’s worth it for your set up. In terms of the mixer/interface combo, tbh if you got a cheaper mixer with lots of inputs it would most likely still only have one stereo out - so not gaining much over your current set up (apart from everything in one place). However if you went for a mixer/interface with outputs for each input then there are major advantages that each input can be output on its own channel for recording/mixing later. There’s numerous options depending on how much want to spend. Full on mixers with separate input/outputs per channel would be things like Tascam Model 24 or Zoom L-20 which run to about £800-£1000. Or you could ditch the mixer completely and just go for an interface with all the inputs you need. I just purchased an Audient EVO16 with an SP8, which gives me 16 inputs. (I’ve got 5 stereo synths going in on 10 inputs along with 2 mono synths and two mics going to another 4 inputs). Again fairly pricey at around £750. The EVO 16 can be expanded with 2 x SP8s giving 24 inputs. A cheaper option might be say a Behringer UMC1820 (8 inputs) with a Behringer ADA8200 ADAT box, giving another 8 inputs. Hope that helps. Cheers, Graeme
@@splootyvision
Hello !
Thank you very very much for your precious explanation.
The bottom line: I would feel better with one thing instead of those connected devices plus redundant cables, I have this patchbay only to incorporate one external effects device, which is frustrating and somehow ridiculous, since it adds so many redundant cables.
So, for sure, as a general rule, I love to simplify, but is it worth $900 ?
That's the question I've been asking myself for a couple of years.
Your answer about the sound quality is very precious and surprisingly reassuring about those Moukey line mixers.
It confirms my impression; sounds OK to me but so incredibly cheap, or does it mean the others are abusively expensive ?
Indeed, the question is do I want to spend $900 to have a cleaner set up.
And you perfectly summarized it.
I am not such a great musician who needs top notch devices.
I also need to further learn the devices I already have. Behringer 2600 is not easy, Alesis SR18 seems to me cumbersome, if you want to build your own patterns.
Above all, my ears are not top notch; I got a cochlear implant on the left and an hearing aid on the right, without all this embarked high tech, I am technically 100% deaf...
Unlikely that a nice mixer would make my music much better.
Maybe it would be more fun to put this money in small Behringer units I' m attracted to, like the Solina string ensemble, Crave, Pro-800, Toro, etc
Nice little toys, easy to satisfy my Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Or a nice little Moog, they really sound great, even my little Werkstatt.
A Moog Sub Phatty is same price than a Zoom mixer.
And at the age of 65 maybe it's time to get some Moog stuff, they do really sound so good.
Thanks to you, I have now all the data I need to think about it.
Thank you again, Master Splooty.
Cheers.
Have a great week end, my dear friend and teacher.
Alain
Post Scriptum:
I'm just curious, I noticed something about the output power, is it me or does the Behringer devices have a lower output level than the Bass Station 2 and the highest output comes even from this tiny Moog ? Does it make sense?
Post Scriptum 2 :
I only use my DAW for recording, so I'm not so much computer dependent, and aren't devices like Akai MPC etc...small music dedicated computers, so what's the difference when you use s computer exclusively dedicated to your music recording? And if you record on SD and want to send your recording you still need a computer. So I'm not DAWless I am minimally DAW.
BTW, Garage Band on IPad is incredibly fun and so user friendly, Cubase should learn from it, I will incorporate my IPad to my setting.
Question : How does MIDI merger "knows" which clock is primary ?
Context : I have 3 synth connected to a Thru box with only 1 input.
I have Korg Keystage as midi controller and novation circuit rythmn as my groove box.
If I route Novation output into Keystage input, I can control the clock no issue.
But the Keystage midi out still Output the "internal" value of the clock to the ThruBox.
What I ended up doing is to use the midi output of the keystage into the Input of Thrubox and connect everything into the box..
Which is sad because I wanted to use both Keystage and Circuit as piano+sequencer.
With that in mind : it seems I should be able to get a Midi Merger, connect the midi output of both keystage and circuit rythmn.
Connect the output of Merge into Thru.
But I fear my hardware will fight over which clock to use.
If I route the input of Keystage and Novation in the merge into the 1 input of the Thru box. Wont they fight over the clock ?
@@ABuriedSynth Hi - Yes they’ll fight over the clock. But….there is a solution 🙂 As far as I can tell there is no way of turning off the clock being transmitted from the Keystage, so what you need is a Merge box with MIDI Filtering and..such a thing exists in something like the CME U6Midi Pro. It’s a 3 in 3 out box that can do merge and thru but most importantly can filter out MIDI messages such as clock or start/stop messages - all of which is programmed using a free software application that comes with the box (once programmed it doesn’t need to be hooked to a computer). So you could connect the Novation and the Korg from their outs to the Ins on the box, then program it to merge them and filter out the clock messages from the Korg so they don’t get passed any further. Then connect the 3 other synths to the outs of the CME box (programmed as Thru ports) and they will only receive the clock from the Novation as the Korg has effectively been blocked (but note data etc from the Korg will still pass through). If you got more synths in the future you could then connect your existing thru box to one of the outs on your CME box thus extending your ‘thru’ capability. The CME box is about £40/$50. Hope that helps, cheers 🙂
@@splootyvision Thanks ! Love you dude ! Went from daisy chain all my hardware to efficient setup !
Can't wait to get that merge box tomorrow !
@@splootyvision update : the setup is amazing ! The amount of control I have over the equipment vs the old daisy chaining is INSANE !!
@@ABuriedSynth Excellent stuff !!! People really underestimate the power of MIDI and some of these little boxes 🙂
Great info. In your diagram at ua-cam.com/video/N39VZT6Dx9U/v-deo.html, where's the OUT connection from the audio interface to the IN on the mixer? For example, if you play your guitar, the signal routes to the audio interface, but can't get to the speakers. Am I missing something?
@@billlacey4737 Hi - the audio interface output doesn’t go to the mixer input, the mixer output goes to the audio interface input. The guitar and mic also then go direct to the audio interface input. The main outputs on the back of the interface then give a summed output of everything on the front of the interface (the synths from the mixer, the mic and the guitar) and is sent to my studio monitors or PA speakers (think the next slide). The Desktop speakers shown on the diagram I think you’re referring to are actually connected to the ‘tape out’ on the mixer so I can hear my record player that is connected to the ‘tape in’. I go into a lot more detail on this in my Dark Art of Audio and USB video, which might clarify things a bit hopefully 🙂 (It’s a bit of an elaborate set up, but it all works !)